Trojan Wrestlers finish 8th at Nationals; Hepburn 2nd & Kearn 3rd

Sunday, Feb. 24

The Colby Community College wrestling team finished 8th overall at the NJCAA Championships. The Trojans had two individual All-Americans in T.J Hepburn, who finished 2nd at 149 pounds, and Chris Kearn, who finished 3rd at 184 pounds. Every Trojan wrestler won at least one match, and several fell just short of All-American honors (7th place or better).

Here are the full results for each wrestler.

Akmal Adilov
10-7 dec. over Jon Tatro (Ridgewater); 12-6 dec. to Miles Bolin (Meramec); By fall over Ryan Lessner (Lincoln); By fall over Jared Miller (NW Oregon); and 9-0 dec. to James Airey (Middlesex)

Danny Manius
12-5 dec. over James Henderson (Mercyhurst); 8-0 dec. to Chris Notte (Nassau); By fall over Jubron Nassar (Muskegon); and 13-12 dec. to Brandon Skunk (Ridgewater).

Lyubomir Kumbarov
By fall to David Greenwald (Iowa Central); 11-2 dec. over Dale Rollett (Sprinfield); By fall over Joseph Michel (SW Oregon); and by fall to T.J. Moen (NIACC)

T.J. Hepburn
10-6 dec. over Chessjuan Monk (Highline); By fall over Andre Harrison (Nassau); 18-1 tech. fall over Dale DeBacco (Niagara); and 3-2 dec. to Albert White (NIACC).

Cole Garcia
By fall over Wade Granger (Minnesota West); 15-5 dec. to DaVaughn Perkins (NIACC); and 10-2 dec. to Mike Wiseman (Mercyhurst).

Delanno Palmore
By fall over Ted Wilzcek (Itasca); 7-4 dec. to Donald Woods (Meramec); 13-7 dec. to Josh Miller (Mercyhurst); By fall over Kris Spencer (Clackamas); and 13-5 dec. to Leon Davis (Springfield).

Scott Miller
7-0 dec. over Sean Sercu (Niagara); 21-8 dec. to Glenn Rhees (NIACC); and 16-3 dec. to Corey Greene (Northwest Wyo.).

Chris Kearn
16-0 tech. fall over Steve Catalano (Triton); 8-3 dec. over Joe Johnson (Iowa Central); 23-8 tech. fall to Deron Winn (Meramec); 12-4 dec. over Anthony Enyobi (Labette); 5-4 dec. over Joe Johnson (Iowa Central).


Final Team Standings
1. Iowa Central (138 pts)
2. St. Louis-Meramec (117.5 pts)
3. Labette (111 pts)
4. North Iowa Area CC (109 pts)
5. Nassau (88.5 pts)
6. Ellsworth (71.5 pts)
7. William Rainey Harper (64 pts)
8. COLBY (59.5 pts)
9. Clackamas (57 pts)
10. Neosho (53.5 pts)
Northwest Wyoming (53.5 pts)